Elephant Gerald is often prone to melancholy, while Piggie is always ready to play. Can these total opposites be best friends? Absolutely! Mo Willems’s award-winning and best-selling children’s books come to life onstage in the brand new vaudevillian musical We Are in a Play! Gerald and Piggie sing and dance their way through pachydermal peril and swiney suspense with the help of their nutty back-up singers the Squirelles. Before long, even the audience gets to be in on the action!

Elephant & Piggie’s We Are In a Play is great fun for children, and it’s also wildly entertaining for moms and dads, with a script that incorporates a lot of humor and jokes for the adult crowd to enjoy. All together, it’s a fabulously fun show for families and a perfect weekend outing.” – Nashville Parent Magazine

History

We Are in a Play! was commissioned by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and enjoyed a sold-out run when first produced at the Kennedy Center during the 2013-2014 season under the directin of Jerry Whiddon. It has since gone on to be produced across the county.

Click here to see the Kennedy Center’s ArtsEdge documentary on the making of the show, featuring interviews with the creators, directors, designers and clips from the original rehearsals and final production.

He is best know for his characters Knuffle Bunny, The Pigeon, andElephant and Piggie. He is worst known for his characters in Sheep in the Big City and The Off-Beats. More information about Mo’s past, present, and future can be gleaned at www.mowillems.com